The Coming of the Messenger of the Covenant

In these verses of Malachi's prophecy the prophet speaks words of consolation and joy to true believers and words of severe judgment and warning to those who walk in wickedness. We have noted that the days in which Malachi prophesied were times of trouble for God's people who had returned from the Babylonian captivity. It was a time of apostasy, cold indifference, and treachery. Even on the part of God's true people there was despondency and secret despair. "Where is the God of judgment?" they...